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Are we facing limits to growth?
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Everybody is a self-tracker
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E-sports on steroids
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Central banks rethink their purpose
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The age of digital mega-ecosystems
Digital ecosystems have the potential to address consumer needs, but obstacles still exist in their implementation.
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How to make the transition to a sustainable everyday life
Has the time come for personal carbon footprint calculators?
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The future of globalization
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The end of the Fourth Hegemonic Cycle
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The virtual of virtual reality
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Limits to facial recognition
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Making sense of automation tax
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A plant-centered view of the world
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The quiet Russian Resurgence
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Indian innovation
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Health concerns surrounding 5G
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Smart home care for our second adulthood
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Revolutionaries between UFOs and raids
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The European Green Deal
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Every bit has a price
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The elemental evolution of media
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Will hiding the like button help Facebook?
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Computers need a language for causal reasoning
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Will new generations travel differently?
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Could we live without a job?
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Reinventing urban waterways
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Looking for the long term
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How digital technology will change our relationship to nature
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Visual search tools are building a bridge
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China’s digital platforms as a regional standard
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Biohacking diets
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How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair
What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread
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Is AI still artificial?
Definitions are becoming obsolete as tech and science blur the boundaries between the natural and the artificial
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Will generative AI favor the underdog?
The implications of generative AI for tech and talent
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China’s not-so-responsive authoritarianism
What the Zero-Covid strategy reveals about Chinese power dynamics
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The future of crypto is coming: what will it look like?
Regulation, decentralization and combined approaches battle for the crypto throne
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EU's digital strategy: where are we now and where do we go from here?
We should be strategic as we make strides toward digital sovereignty.
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Can art and imagination spur climate action?
Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change
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The short-lived revival of Keynes; welcome back, Hayek!
Has neoliberalism really left? Or was “COVID-Keynesianism” nothing more than a short-term crisis management tactic?
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Is artificial intelligence smart enough to create a sustainable future?
Despite a hefty ecological footprint of its own, digital technology has the potential to contribute to a more sustainable future.
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Hungary’s continued development toward autocracy prompts challenges for the EU
How will having an “electoral autocracy” in their midst affect the EU's solidarity during crises and its normative power abroad?
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